DO IT THE HARD WAY
From the Broadway Musical "Pal Joey" (1940)
(Music: Richard Rodgers / Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)

Jack Durant & June Havoc (Broadway Production) - 1940
Kenneth Remo - 1951
Harold Lang (Broadway Revival) - 1952
Dick Beavers - 1952
Chet Baker - 1956
André Previn (Instr.) - 1957
Kenny Drew Trio (Instr.) - 1957
Jack Durant & Elaine Dunn (Off-Broadway Revival) - 1963
Georgie Fame - 1967
Christopher Chadman (Broadway Revival) - 1976
Denis Lawson (London Production) - 1980
Mandy Patinkin - 1990
Monica Hatch - 1994
David Staller - 1994
Peter Gallagher (Broadway Revival) - 1995
Daryl Sherman - 2002
Trudy Kerr - 2002
Sherri Roberts - 2004
Kelly Friesen - 2005
Amanda Carr - 2005
Matthew Risch & Jenny Fellner (Broadway Revival) - 2008




Fred Astaire once worked so hard he often lost his breath
And now he taps all other chaps to death
Working hard did not retard the young Cab Calloway
Now hear him blow his vo-de-o-do today

Do it the hard way and it's easy sailing
Do it the hard way and it's hard to lose
Only the soft way has a chance of failing
You have to choose

I took the hard way when I tried to get you
You took the soft way when you said, "We'll see"
Darling, now I'll let you do it the hard way
Now that you want me

Do it the hard way and it's easy sailing
Do it the hard way and it's hard to lose
Only the soft way has a chance of failing
You have to choose










(Contributed by Mel - March 2010)